There's also no ambience on the drums, the bass parts and the higher parts have such character and the drums are so direct and characterless and quite forward in the mix. I guess this is just a personal preference thing, sorry to harp on it again.
Really curious how people make these great polished beats, they're all over soundcloud.
Yeah same here, I tried making one recently for a vocalist on reddit. I used a pack I got online, when he heard what I was working on he was like "wow, old school!" Apparently I was using samples that were from the early 2000s. :\